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I have a hunch that a substantial percentage of new users will initially be unsure, nervous or reluctant to get involved in groups.

Is there a way to automatically add a user to a particular group based upon a selection they make during their sign-up?

For instance, a user could select California as their home state and find themselves a member of the California group.

I think that automatically enrolling users in at least one group, that is in some way relevant to them, would be a good way to nudge them towards participating in groups generally. They can, of course, leave a group but the idea is that it gives them a good starting point.